Those are macarons, a French type of cookie. The different colors are a hint as to the flavor-the green are usually pistachio for example. They are made of meringue and sandwiched together with a buttercream filling or a ganache. They out side is crispy and light and the center is a bit chewy and tender. Well made they are delicious.

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I've seen pictures of macarons so intensely colored that they look like you could taste the dye in them. I personally find the colors a little off-putting, but not all of them are nearly as bright as those. As far as I can tell the colors are necessary to tell the flavors apart, because seriously, if there is a taste that is good it will be made into a macaron. The variety of flavors is ridiculous. I've had rose-flavored macarons, which are simultaneously delicious and, in the words of a friend who also tried them, "taste like something you shouldn't be eating."

electronic mily wrote:I've seen pictures of macarons so intensely colored that they look like you could taste the dye in them. I personally find the colors a little off-putting, but not all of them are nearly as bright as those. As far as I can tell the colors are necessary to tell the flavors apart, because seriously, if there is a taste that is good it will be made into a macaron. The variety of flavors is ridiculous. I've had rose-flavored macarons, which are simultaneously delicious and, in the words of a friend who also tried them, "taste like something you shouldn't be eating."

That reminds me of violet (the flower AND the color) candies! Which my friend brought back from her exchange trip to Germany. They were great

A coconut macaroon is not the same thing as a French macaron. However, I have found them (the French ones) to be not so fussy as one might think. The best recipe for them I've used come from The French Cookie Book by Healy and someone. Do try not to let the cats walk on the tray as they are setting up. I've used newsprint and regular parchment paper and both worked out ok. The paper they sell at U-Haul places is a nice heavy newsprint, and probably cheaper by the sheet than what you would buy at the art store.

It's not a misspelling, it's a case of words that are cognates in English and French, sort of. In that, they are the same word, spelled and pronounced differently, and also we make the things differently so they turn out to be similar things but not the same things.

I would recommend parchment over newsprint because the processes used in paper manufacturing and in printing are highly toxic, and you wouldn't want to lift any ink off the paper onto your goodies. I think the stuff they sell at moving places usually has no ink on it, and so is better than newsprint, but I would still try to use food-grade supplies such as parchment paper when possible.